Evaluation of pneumonia severity and acute physiology scores to predict ICU admission and mortality in patients hospitalized for influenza.

The demand for inpatient medical services increases during influenza season. A scoring system capable of identifying influenza patients at low risk death or ICU admission could help clinicians make hospital admission decisions.Hospitalized patients with laboratory confirmed influenza were identified...

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Main Authors: Matthew P Muller, Allison J McGeer, Kazi Hassan, John Marshall, Michael Christian, Toronto Invasive Bacterial Disease Network
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-03-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2832696?pdf=render